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Elenuccia
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by Elenuccia » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:07 pm
Why the processes of word-formation are important for English language and lexicon?
I need your help with this question and I need to find a precise definition of word-formation processes, please don't leave me alone and desperate right now!!!
I really don't know how to start my dissertation...I need to do a good introduction to the matter...
Thank you in advance
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metal56
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by metal56 » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:34 pm
Elenuccia wrote:Why the processes of word-formation are important for English language and lexicon?
That question is ungrammatical.
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Atassi
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by Atassi » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:02 am
Instead of answering your question, I'd rather point you in the right direction. For a dissertation, you need to get your points from other research articles (not this forum). You will have to pull what others say from journal articles, and cite them accordingly.
Good luck
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metal56
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by metal56 » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:11 am
In answer to your private question:
*Why the processes of word-formation are important for English language and lexicon?
It either doesn't need an question mark, if it is meant to be a statement, or it needs the verb "to be" placing before the suject.
Statement:
Why the processes of word-formation are important for English language and lexicon.
Question:
Why are the processes of word-formation important for English language and lexicon?
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lolwhites
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by lolwhites » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:47 am
To follow up Metal's point, Why the processes of word-formation are important for English language and lexicon isn't a sentence. It needs to complement something, e.g I don't know... , I'm going to explain... My teacher told me.... By itself, it's meaningless.
I'm not sure what the right term would be. A Complement? A Relative?